Our econometric model indicates that non-farm payroll employment rose by a solid 180,000 in November, which may be enough to prompt the Fed to taper its asset purchases at the policy meeting in December. At the same time, the unwinding of the distortions caused by the Federal government shutdown probably pushed the unemployment rate back down to 7.2%.
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